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VI/67      Bibliographic Cat of Variable Stars (BCVS), Part 1 (Huth,Wenzel 1992)
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Bibliographic Catalogue of Variable Stars (BCVS), Part 1
    Huth H., Wenzel W.
    <CDS Bull. 20, 105 (1981)>
    =1981bcvs.book.....H
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ADC_Keywords: Bibliography ; Stars, variable

Description:
    This catalog of variable star data is an update of the contents of the
    "Geschichte und Literatur des Lichtwechsels der Veraenderlichen Sterne"
    which was complete only up to 1958. It is based on a card catalog
    maintained at the Sonneberg Observatory. In general, each entry contains
    the name of the variable and the authors name and reference for the
    published information.

    The Bibliographic Catalogue of Variable Stars was described
    in detail by W. Wenzel in Bull. Inf. CDS 20, 105; the present
    edition incorporates reformatted data from the original
    catalogue (catalogue VI/35) and the first Supplement
    (catalogue VI/38). Many corrections have been performed,
    and references up to 1987 have been added.

File Summary:
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 FileName       Lrecl  Records   Explanations
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ReadMe             80        .   This file
bcvs.dat           88   346569   Catalog Data
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See also: 
   VI/68: BCVS Part II 1994 Update

Byte-by-byte Description of file: bcvs.dat
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   Bytes Format  Units   Label    Explanations
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   1-  3  A3     ---     Const    Constellation Name
   5-  8  A4     ---     Name     Name in constellation
  10- 16  I7     ---     Code    *Coded name of star 
  18- 21  I4     yr      Year     Year of publication
  23- 88  A66    ---     Ref     *Text of reference
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Note on Code: 
   The coded name is made of:
    -2 digits for Constellation (values 01 to 88)
    -1 digit  indicates a "common" variable name (value 0),
             a greek letter (value 1) or a latin letter (value 2)
    -4 digits designate the variable letter(s) or number, as
       0001=R ... 0009=Z, 0010=RR, ... 0018=RZ, ...  0055=AA ,,, 0334=QZ,
       0335=V335 ...

Note on Ref: 
    '*' separates authors, journal, volume, and page number
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(End)                   [CDS]  modified by James E. Gass [SSDOO/ADC] 27-Oct-1998